Tom Rowse's blog


Is the media creating a fear of standing out?

 

The week before last it seeped into the news that plans are being put together by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine near-earth asteroids for minerals and chemicals from which fuel can be made. The great and the good, it seems, are looking to the stars to find the things humanity needs to sustain itself. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction; fantastic, aspirational stuff.